Barbados & Hong Kong Sign Agreement

The signing of an Air Services Agreement with Hong Kong ???represents another step in strengthening the relationship between Barbados and China???.

This view was expressed by Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Barbados to the People???s Republic of China, Dr. Chelston Brathwaite, as he delivered remarks at the signing of the Air Services Agreement with Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR).

The Secretary for Transport and Housing, Professor Anthony Cheung Bing-leung, signed on behalf of his Government. ??

Ambassador Brathwaite also noted that the Agreement ???provides the framework for the provision of international air services between Hong Kong and Barbados and opens new doors for cooperation in tourism and trade between the two countries???.??

The Agreement, which was signed in Hong Kong on June 18, 2015, will allow the Governments of Barbados and Hong Kong to promote mutually beneficial economic and cultural initiatives.

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